Word: aid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...million students enrolled in colleges and universities this fall attend school part-time according to the National University Continuing Education Association. For example, through the Harvard Extension School, Harvard professors are offering classes to 13,000 students this fall--6000 of whom will now be eligible for federal aid for the first time...
Worse yet, they may not have remembered that two-thirds of the students here receive some form of financial aid, and coughing up the hundreds of dollars required to be socially acceptable at this "very special event" may impose some form of hardship. When it comes to formal wear, it is virtually impossible to look good at Filene's Bargain Basement prices...
...appropriation. The move received over-whelming bipartisan support in both the House and the Senate and comes in response to pressure from a variety of groups and prominent educators--including Harvard President Derek C. Bok, who trekked to Washington twice last spring to lobby against cuts in student aid...
...which will make financial aid available to part-time students, is an important step toward recognizing the changing nature of higher education. In addition, the new law makes some small changes in the administration of federal programs which should help target funds more effectively...
...student is a part-time student," according to K. Patricia Cross, professor of administration, planning and social policy at the Harvard School of Education. The most rapidly growing group of part-timers is women aged 25-35 who are returning to school because of new job opportunities. Making federal aid available to part-time students shows a commitment to making college education available to a much broader segment of the population...